The Kansas City Royals third baseman was named AL Comeback Player of the Year during the Player's Choice Awards Show on the MLB Network Wednesday.

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This is the second comeback award for Moustakas who was also honored by The Sporting News last month.

Moustakas broke the team's single season home run record with 38 homers after coming back from dealing with a torn ACL in 2016. He's also tied for fifth most in a season in the American League - and eighth in the majors.

According to the Kansas City Royals, he also set career-bests in runs scored (75), RBI (85), slugging percentage (.521) and total bases (289). He was named an All-Star for the second time in his career, winning the MLB Esurance Final Vote, while he also became the third Royal to participate in the Home Run Derby, joining Bo Jackson back in 1989, and Danny Tartabull in 1991.

In a release, the Royals said The Players Choice Awards benefit the Major League Baseball Players Trust, the charitable foundation created and run by the players themselves.

Winners in each category will get to designate charities to receive grants totaling in $260,000 from The Players Trust.